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S. SGHEUER.

FAN.

No. 340.623. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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ESPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,623. dated 27, 11386.

Application filed February 24, 1886. Serial No.193 0:27. (No model.)

.To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SIMON SGHEUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Fans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of fans in which the web, when the fan is closed, is contained within the handle of the fan; and it consists in certain novel details of construction, hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a fan of the class referred to, showing the web withdrawn from the handle; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of such a fan, showing the folded web within the handle; Fig. 3, a side view of an end piece or cap secured to the upper end of the fan-handle; Flg et. a top View of such end piece or cap, and Fig. 5 a sectional view of such end piece or cap, on the plane of line a: m of Fig. 4.

In carrying out my invention a hollow or tubular fairhandle, a, is provided, the same being adapted to receive within itself the web I), when the latter is in a closed or folded condition.

The lowercnd of the folded web is inserted in the top of the handle, and the side folds, c, of the same, which are preferably extended a little beyond the web proper,'are fastened to a sleeve or finger-piece, d, which slides upon the handle, and which is used to draw the web out of the handle, as shown in Fig. 1.

At the upper end of the handle is placed an end piece or cap, which is preferably made of metal, and which is provided with a frame, 6, with two lips, g g, with four bearings, h h h h, and with two rollers, i t, substantially as shown.

The end piece or cap is secured to the fanhandle by means of the two lips g g, which are bent inwardly, and turned down over the end of the handle to which they are pinched or riveted, or otherwise properly secured.

The rollers i i, as shown, are each formed of a piece of tubing, with a piece of wire for an axis, the ends of the axes resting in the bearings h h h h, which, as shown, are formed by folding over small lips of the metal of which the end piece or cap is preferably made. In order that the axes may not slip through the bearings. they are flattened or broadened on their ends.

The rollers, as well as the bearings therefor, may be varied from the construction specitically shown.

The purpose of the end piece or cap described is to ornament and protect the end of the fan-handle, as well as to provide bearings to lessen the friction and wear on the side folds of the web as the latter is drawn in and out of the handle. Such anti-friction bearings are of utility, even when the side folds are made of extra thickness or strengthened by strips or leather.

In the form of fan shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a retractile spring, j, is used to withdraw the web into the handle, substantially as described in my application for a patent filed January 18, 1886, Serial No. 188,859. In fans of such construction it is of course of special utility to have the bearings for the side folds of the web cause as little friction as possible, in view of the strain of the retractile spring.

Anti-friction bearings are of utility even when a retractile spring is not used, but simply a cord to withdraw the web into the handle, as shown, for instance, in Letters I;atent No. 258,708, granted to Gustav Brueck on the 30th day of May, 1882.

In operating the fan shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the web is drawn out of the handle and.

over the rollers z i by sliding the finger-piece d, to which the web is attached, down the handle and locking it by means of a lock or catch, k, as shown, and substantially as set forth in my aforesaid application of January 18, 1886. Upon unlocking the finger-piece d the retraetile spring will draw the web back into the handle.

In cases where a cord is used in place of a retractile spring, a lock or catch for the fin ger-piece is not necessary, although preferable.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An end piece or cap for fan-handles, the same being formed of a frame, a, lips 99, bear- 5 ings h h h h, and rollersz' i, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON SCHEUER.

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RALPH SCHEUER, MAX SOHEUER. 

